41. Jayne Torvill And Christopher Dean Torvill and Dean, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, 1984 Winter Olympic figure skating champions http://www.torvillndean.com/

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean 1984 Winter Olympic Figure Skating Champions A history of Torvill and Dean Both originating from Nottingham, England Torvill and Dean were regular visitors to the National Ice Centre (where access to the public area is now through Bolero Square as a tribute). Jayne Torvill was a former British Junior Pairs champion and Christopher Dean had previously won a British Junior Ice Dance competition. The two were thought of being an excellent duo by their coach Janet Sawbridge who put the pair together. Torvill and Dean, the duo, won their first trophy in 1976 and after going pro with their new coach, Betty Callaway achieved fifth place at their first Olympic championship in Lake Placid in 1980. Famously, Torvill and Dean never ranked lower than first place in any competition they entered right up until 1994. Jayne Torvill previously worked as an insurance clerk and Christopher Dean was a policeman but they were able to quit their jobs to pursue their ice skating careers thanks to a grant from the city of Nottingham. To qualify for this grant they were not allowed to earn any money from their figure skating in order to remain eligible for the Olympics. Torvill and Dean trivia Sources DoYouRemember Wikipedia Bookmark this page with: Delicious Digg reddit Facebook ... StumbleUpon Visitor Comments Jayne said: Wednesday January 21, 2009, 02:18 PM

42. Torvill And Dean And The Meaning Of Life by Michelle Erica Green I'm often asked about my lovehate relationship with popular media, particularly with the portrayals of women and the characterization of relationships http://www.littlereview.com/meg/tandd.htm

by Michelle Erica Green I'm often asked about my love-hate relationship with popular media, particularly with the portrayals of women and the characterization of relationships therein. I'd love to claim that this is purely an intellectual discussion for me, that I have no personal emotional investment in pop-culture constructions of femininity and romance. Sometimes I wish I could be more politically correct about it and enthusiastically join with, say, the feminist Voyager fans who saw a Janeway/Seven relationship where I saw only more media clichés. But I'm afraid my obsession with media romance is slanted toward heterosexual paradigms, and I can posit the moment it started: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean did not get married on February 14, 1985. You remember them, right, the British ice dancers who skated at the 1984 Winter Olympics to 'Bolero' and to a perfect artistic expression score on the way to a gold medal. Probably there were ice skating fans who rhapsodized over their footwork yet never gave a thought to Torvill and Dean's off-ice relationship, and undoubtedly there were many viewers who'd never even paid attention to ice dance before who were simply riveted by the skill and artistry of this pair. Who couldn’t admire their skill on the ice? But the sudden surge of interest in ice dance in general and Torvill and Dean in particular didn't stem primarily from an interest in their skating. In fact, most people at the time and to this day remain clueless about the technical rules of the sport, the constantly-changing ISU requirements about which lifts and spins should be left to pairs skating and which belong to dance, what kind of music is acceptable, how skaters can best show a variety of interpretations within an internally consistent program. We're all too familiar now with the vicissitudes of judging, the favoritism, the underhanded deals, but that's a different soap opera. The soap opera on which we were sold in 1984 told the story of two working-class kids from Nottingham who had an incredible gift to go with their hard work and dedication, who had sacrificed everything to become the best, who had finally ascended that pinnacle and had adulation and riches waiting but those were secondary rewards.

43. New Ice Partnership: Soviet Skating Stars Join Torvill And Dean - New York Times Oct 12, 1989 LEAD It is obviously not your usual ice show when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the British icedance idols, team up with top Soviet skaters to evoke the life of http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/12/arts/new-ice-partnership-soviet-skating-stars-

44. Torvill And Dean | Define Torvill And Dean At Dictionary.com World English Dictionary Torvill and Dean (ˈtɔ�vɪl) — n two British ice dancers, Jayne Torvill, born 1957, and Christopher Dean, born 1958. They won the world http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Torvill and Dean

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46. TELEVISION REVIEW; Of Torvill And Dean, With Dreams On Ice - New York Times Nov 16, 1994 Apparently still salivating over the media feast delivered by the sensational battle of Nancy and Tonya, television is pushing just about any figureskating button it http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/16/arts/television-review-of-torvill-and-dean-wit

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